The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is a 2019 gangster film written, directed and produced by Guy Ritchie, who developed the story along with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong, Eddie Marsan, Colin Farrell, and Hugh Grant. It follows an American drug lord in England who is looking to sell his business, setting off a chain of blackmail and schemes to undermine him. The Gentlemen premiered at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema on December 3, 2019, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2020, by Entertainment Film Distributors, and in the United States on January 24, 2020, by STXfilms. It received generally positive reviews from critics and was also a commercial success, grossing $115 million worldwide against its $22 million budget. A spin-off television series was released by Netflix in 2024 with Theo James starring in the lead role.
Right. I've got one more thing I need you to do. Ah, look, before you continue, Ray, I train lads to be good lads. I'm not a fucking gangster. Now, I've been forced to do some gangster things, that's okay. But I'm not the gift that keeps on giving. So with the greatest respect, I'll do this one last thing for you and then that's it. No más. Three strikes and I'm out.
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Your skunk farm was a fucking viral sensation on YouTube, Michael. And when Johnny Law starts sniffing, which he will, all of those locations will have to cease production for, I'd say, at least 12 months at a cost of 100 million net p.a., before marking down the loss of staff, relocation and site rentals. - You still with me? - Yes, I'm following. It will take at least three years to get your supply, distribution and demand back to full capacity. Your staffing costs are 25% of your 100 million operational cost, so that's 25 million per annum for three annums. And location rental at 15 million a year, that's a 120 GBP bite right there. Your unit economics have taken a hit, and forecasting out your top-line growth margin in the current inimical climate, I calculate what was worth 400 million a month ago must now be valued at an anemic, mm... 130.
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